A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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MacDonald, Bo

Basic Stats

Total words by this author in corpus - 1,109
Total unique words used by this author in corpus - 455
Ratio of total words to unique words - 2.437
Tagged as SEC ((South) East Central) dialect.
Top ten most common words - th', mah, ah, tae, as, wis, me, n', o', a,

List of texts in corpus

CAULD NIGHT
Scots Hoose (2021-11-05) in Central dialect (SEC), categorised as weans (1,109 words)

Author word Keyness frequencies

This should list the words that the author uses in a disproportionate manner more often than other writers in the corpus. This may include (a) proper nouns (character names in the author's stories), (b) other words related to the specific subject matter and (c) words specific to the regional dialect.
WordCount Normalised
per million		 Keyness
th'72 64,923.35910.495
mah55 49,594.23679.981
n'21 18,935.98225.756
kip15 13,525.70170.150
o'17 15,329.13105.098
ah44 39,675.3893.226
awa'7 6,311.9979.584
thare12 10,820.5669.205
ankle5 4,508.5751.166
coupon5 4,508.5751.166
me23 20,739.4046.482
somethin9 8,115.4246.072
under7 6,311.9941.616
twas4 3,606.8538.044
as28 25,247.9737.676
felt8 7,213.7137.276
nothin5 4,508.5736.706
duvet3 2,705.1434.352
stairted4 3,606.8530.990
identical3 2,705.1429.634
thay7 6,311.9928.561
forcin3 2,705.1426.553
ne'er3 2,705.1426.091
hud7 6,311.9924.901
lay5 4,508.5724.871
intrigued2 1,803.4323.567
boney2 1,803.4323.567
slowly4 3,606.8523.073
foot3 2,705.1422.292
discomfort2 1,803.4321.843
tangled2 1,803.4321.843
hee2 1,803.4321.843
finally4 3,606.8521.389
wi'4 3,606.8521.078
creakin2 1,803.4320.660
breaths2 1,803.4319.754
wooden2 1,803.4319.754
bruise2 1,803.4319.018
grip3 2,705.1418.604
escaped2 1,803.4317.864
tis2 1,803.4317.864
bedroom3 2,705.1417.794
wance3 2,705.1417.479
became3 2,705.1417.479
silence3 2,705.1417.180
noise3 2,705.1416.989
slipped2 1,803.4315.631
chill2 1,803.4315.357
behind3 2,705.1415.157
themselves2 1,803.4315.100
something4 3,606.8514.812
against3 2,705.1414.455
fankle2 1,803.4314.419
heid7 6,311.9914.337
spread2 1,803.4314.215
locked2 1,803.4314.215
haw2 1,803.4314.022
fingers3 2,705.1413.724
feet4 3,606.8513.483
flair3 2,705.1413.318
scream2 1,803.4313.178
purple2 1,803.4313.029
masell2 1,803.4312.886
mynd3 2,705.1412.804
waited2 1,803.4312.747
silent2 1,803.4312.747
wasnae2 1,803.4312.485
body4 3,606.8512.371
attempt2 1,803.4312.360
disturbin3 2,705.14nan
pushed2 1,803.4312.239
brain2 1,803.4312.008
aroond3 2,705.1411.979
up13 11,722.2711.686
ilk3 2,705.1411.573
appeared2 1,803.4310.938
eyes3 2,705.1410.845
cauld4 3,606.8510.814
night3 2,705.1410.783
a16 14,427.4110.570
keek2 1,803.4310.460
dyke2 1,803.4310.386
turned3 2,705.1410.344
oan7 6,311.9910.282
action2 1,803.439.716
caught2 1,803.439.536
wis23 20,739.409.514
breath2 1,803.438.520
fresh2 1,803.438.304
skin2 1,803.438.141
decided2 1,803.438.062
suddenly2 1,803.438.062
weeks2 1,803.437.419
yit2 1,803.437.291
form2 1,803.437.018
feelin2 1,803.436.712
how3 2,705.146.561
een4 3,606.856.518
deep2 1,803.436.334
he3 2,705.146.294
it's4 3,606.855.997
win3 2,705.145.917
didnae3 2,705.145.840
fae8 7,213.715.465
whin2 1,803.435.440
at2 1,803.435.163
looked2 1,803.434.937
run2 1,803.434.861
on2 1,803.434.747
fell2 1,803.434.713
bin2 1,803.434.545
hert2 1,803.434.412
yin3 2,705.143.775
wull2 1,803.433.720
git2 1,803.433.700
end2 1,803.433.278
again3 2,705.143.085
let2 1,803.432.954
his11 9,918.852.875
come3 2,705.142.869
wey3 2,705.142.467
mak'2 1,803.43nan
thair3 2,705.142.558
dizziness2 1,803.43nan
lang3 2,705.142.158
thing2 1,803.431.994
wha2 1,803.431.936
be3 2,705.141.446
bit5 4,508.571.326
even2 1,803.431.195
tae29 26,149.681.123
juist2 1,803.430.951
doon4 3,606.850.893
is5 4,508.570.551
nae2 1,803.430.486
time3 2,705.140.446
efter2 1,803.430.393
him2 1,803.430.339
in15 13,525.700.321
it15 13,525.700.261
back3 2,705.140.210
wee3 2,705.140.183
aye2 1,803.430.112
by2 1,803.430.046
tak'2 1,803.43nan
ower3 2,705.140.105
fur3 2,705.140.006
intae2 1,803.430.005